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Joycian

Joycian is the alternative spelling of Joycean.

Meaning of Joycean

Adjective

Joycean (comparative more Joycean, superlative most Joycean)

  1. Of or pertaining to James Joyce (1882–1941) or his writings.
    • Even Muldoon's fans find some of the “difficulty” of this pyrotechnical erudition too playful, suspecting him of a Joycean desire to “keep the professors busy”.2001 May 12, Robert Potts, “The poet at play”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  2. In a verbally inventive style similar to that of James Joyce.
    • Jimson is a total nonconformist and his god is William Blake, whom he quotes endlessly in his somewhat Joycean interior monologues.1984, Anthony Burgess, “The Horse's Mouth — Joyce Cary [1944]”, in Ninety-nine Novels, London: Allison & Busby

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Forms of Joycian

Adjective
comparativemore Joycian
superlativemost Joycian
Noun
pluralJoycians

Origin of Joycian

From Joyce + -ian.

Questions about Joycian

What is Joycian the alternative spelling of?
Joycian is the alternative spelling of Joycean.

Words near Joycian in the dictionary

  1. Joyce
  2. Joycean
  3. Joyceans
  4. Joyces
  5. Joyces Creek
  6. Joycian
  7. Joycians
  8. joydom
  9. Joye
  10. joyed
  11. joyen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Joycian (page history and authors); Joycean (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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